$47,000 reward for tips in suspects' crash

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22-year-old Stephon Anthony of San Leandro was arrested on three counts of murder and could be formally charged May 19, 2009 in Alameda County Superior Court in Oakland.

22-year-old Stephon Anthony of San Leandro was arrested on three counts of murder and could be formally charged May 19, 2009 in Alameda County Superior Court in Oakland.

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22-year-old Stephon Anthony of San Leandro was arrested on three counts of murder and could be formally charged May 19, 2009 in Alameda County Superior Court in Oakland.

22-year-old Stephon Anthony of San Leandro was arrested on three counts of murder and could be formally charged May 19, 2009 in Alameda County Superior Court in Oakland.

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$47,000 reward for tips in suspects' crash

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A $47,000 reward is being offered for tips leading to the convictions of two men wanted in connection with a Berkeley homicide and a high-speed chase that ended with a crash that killed two people in North Oakland, police said Thursday.

Two suspected gang members were arrested and charged with three counts of capital murder in the case, but two other men who jumped out of a Cadillac after the crash Saturday evening haven't been caught, police said.

Stephon Anthony, 22, of San Leandro and Anthony Price, 26, of Oakland were each charged Tuesday with murder, weapons and gang enhancements and a special circumstance accusing them of committing multiple murders. That allegation could make them eligible for lethal injection if convicted, although Alameda County prosecutors say they have not decided whether to seek the death penalty or life imprisonment without parole.

Police said Anthony, Price and two other men used assault rifles to kill Charles Davis, 25, near the corner of 10th Street and Allston Way in west Berkeley at about 6:35 p.m. Saturday. Anthony and Price are members of a North Oakland gang, and police say the shooting may have been retaliatory.

Police chased the suspects' car to Aileen Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Way in Oakland, where Anthony, who was driving, ran a stop sign and crashed into a Mazda, authorities say.

The Mazda's driver, 27-year-old film editor Todd Anthony Perea of Brentwood, was killed. His car spun into 41-year-old Floyd Ross, who had just crossed the street and was killed.

The city of Berkeley is offering a $45,000 reward, and Bay Area Crime Stoppers a $2,000 reward, for information in the case.

In a separate case, the city is offering a $10,000 reward for tips leading to a conviction in the slaying of Maurice Robertson, 18, of Berkeley. He was shot on the 1300 block of 67th Street in south Berkeley late May 4.

Anyone with tips in either investigation is asked to call Berkeley homicide detectives at (510) 981-5741 or dispatchers at (510) 981-5900.